Homewood Cemetery
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Homewood Cemetery is a historic, landscaped burial ground in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, known as the resting place of many prominent industrialists, politicians, and cultural figures.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homewood Cemetery canonical | 4 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cemetery
ⓘ
historic place ⓘ rural cemetery ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Homewood
ⓘ
Point Breeze ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | landscape lawn-park cemetery ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| designedAs | landscaped burial ground ⓘ |
| hasArea | about 200 acres ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLocation | 40.449°N 79.901°W ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
chapel
ⓘ
landscaped grounds ⓘ mature trees ⓘ mausoleums ⓘ monuments ⓘ winding roads ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| hasMedia |
archival records
ⓘ
historic photographs ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Jewish burial sections
ⓘ
family plots ⓘ veterans sections ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://www.homewoodcemetery.com ⓘ |
| heritageDesignationDate | 1980s ⓘ |
| inception | 1878 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
burials of cultural figures
ⓘ
burials of politicians ⓘ burials of prominent industrialists ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Allegheny County
ⓘ
Pennsylvania ⓘ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form:
Pittsburgh
|
| neighborhood | Squirrel Hill ⓘ |
| notableBurial |
Frick family members
ⓘ
George Westinghouse ⓘ H. J. Heinz family members ⓘ Henry Clay Frick ⓘ Henry John Heinz ⓘ Mellon family members ⓘ Pittsburgh civic leaders ⓘ politicians from Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| opened | 1878 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| partOf |
Pittsburgh region
ⓘ
surface form:
Pittsburgh metropolitan area
|
| significantFor |
Gilded Age industrial history of Pittsburgh
ⓘ
funerary art and monuments in Pittsburgh ⓘ |
| usedFor |
burials
ⓘ
cremation interments ⓘ memorial services ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.